Minister of Youth, Sport and Art Elvis Chishala Nkandu says Patriotic Front (PF) officials must remain quiet on governance matters because they left behind many problems that are being fixed by the UPND administration.
Featuring on ZNBC Television’s Sunday Interview, Mr. Nkandu said the PF left Government last August without fulfilling many promises that included bettering the nation in their first 90 days in office.
The UPND Kaputa Member of Parliament said the Zambian people should find solace in the New Dawn Government that has started fixing the several problems left by the PF regime.
Mr. Nkandu also made reference to accusations recently leveled against the PF Government that it failed to honour the promise of building houses to members of the 2012 Africa Cup winning Chipolopolo squad.
The Minister of Youth, Sport and Art added that he is also aware that the PF Government did not deliver a house promised to boxing champion Catherine Phiri.
Mr. Nkandu further told Zambians to hold the UPND Government accountable for the promises made after five years saying the New Dawn administration has set a base for national development.
“Franklyn (Tembo, the presenter) and the viewers out there, what do you expect from the Patriotic Front? It is a promise that they could not fulfill. I don’t want to go through those promises. There were promises of 90 days. There were a lot of promises made by PF so I was not amazed when I heard from some sports men who came to my office that when they won the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations they were promised houses each, also promised some funds, the prize money which was not given to them. We also come to the issue of Catherine Phiri when she won that bantamweight world fight, she was promised a house. All these promises have never materialized,” he said.
“You see, this is the reason why to some extent I always say that if there is a political party that would remain mute, very quiet is the Patriotic Front because they have left a lot of issues for us to settle. But you know something that is comforting us and the Zambian people out there is that we promised that we are coming to fix. So obviously these are some of the corrections that we will make. Number one, on Catherine Phiri, I can assure you that we as Government have started talking, we may not have the money, NAPSA, there are a lot of institutions that we have talked to so that we can actualize and give a house to Catherine Phiri. So as Government we are going to make sure we pursue this issue to its logical conclusion so that Catherine is given to what is due to her because she was promised,” Mr. Nkandu said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Nkandu has declared that he is game after settling down in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Art.
“We have settled in now because I think for the past three months we have been looking at how the ministry operates, and what we can do for our people. You know my ministry is more like it has three ministries in one because sports are a ministry on its own. When you get to the youth department, it is a very huge department itself and when you talk about art it is the same,” he said.
“Obviously it has taken me some time to acclimatize to all these departments, especially that we are having a new one which we are about to unveil our director. You are aware that where it was, it was sitting under the department of culture so for us we have given it (art) a department so that we can improve on art itself. I think we have settled now, now we are able to know what we can give out to our people. What we can roll out to our citizens. I think we are game now,” Mr. Nkandu said.
This man fleeced marketeers at Chisokone to become a millionaire. People vote out governments because they want better. It’s childish always to blame the people you have replaced. That’s the problem of voting for someone with dual nationality.
PF officials shouldn’t remain quiet. They should speak out loudly. VERY loudly. In COURT, when they are answering to the charges for CORRUPT behaviour and THIEVING.
I listened to the ZNBC interview. This cartoon character spent virtually the whole interview blaming everything on the PF. This man is a con man who connived with Mutale Nalumango to stand in Kaputa where he doesn’t even hail from. He is from Mwense and the only connection he has with Kaputa was that he used to source produce from there for sale at Chisokone market in Kitwe.
Iwe you chi f00I elvis who the effing mbuzi do you think you areto tell us what we can and cannot say about a useless govt like yours? You are conflicting your leaders stance on freedoms of speech. Every one is a spokesman in this useless govt. This is why you wlfe is sleeping with a Lebanese. Don’t make me spill the beans
Clown Zambia Limited, happy that he was booted out of government
Shut it up, Elvis! Who are you to tell us about who should speak about what? Where is the freedom of expression your President talks about? It is a pity you were given a weak and partisan presenter in Franklyn Tembo Jnr to interview you. I wish you had faced a more competent presenter like Grevasio Zulu. Certainly, Franklyn let you run off your mouth carelessly. Grevasio or Costa Mwansa from Diamond TV would have put you in your right place.
#3 Facts. He’s mostly from across the river. If records are scrutinized you will confirm that he wasn’t born in Zambia. During an interview during his reign of terror at Chisokone he claimed he came from somewhere near Samfya and people mistook him for a Zairian because of his complexion. Now Kaputa is Miles away from Samfya. He’s got nothing to offer but bagfuls of lies. He was selling bakombo and somehow managed to get hold of Chisokone.
The PF did not just leave many problems, that is an understatement, the PF actually left a mess
The man looks lost in his ministry. whose responsibility was it to pay 2012 AFCON winning team of the bonuses? FAZ should answer for that. Your colleague Kalusha was in charge.
Even a thief is allowed to say something before sentence is pronounced. This man is a dictator.
Yes, he is right… that bunch of thieves who ruled Zambia for a miserable 10 yrs, looters of the worst kind must shut up… it will take the UPND administration several years to fix what those looters did to the country